Me Made May 2021 Edition

So May is here again. Everyone is saying it - the year has gone really quickly, and yet really slowly. Now is the time for the pledges to be considered and decided, and here am I joining in, and formulating my pledge. I have been thinking back to last year, and how I worked through …

The Corduroy Jacket – B5616 (with more hacking)

This jacket has been on my mental sewing list for a while. Last year I saw similar jackets which people had made and I really liked them. Another Spring jacket was needed in my wardrobe - my light blue one being overworked - so this really seemed to be the answer, and it was added …

Confidence, imagination and accuracy – get the balance right.

I have done a fair bit of pattern hacking and clothing alterations in my time, and usually with a reasonable outcome. It was uppermost in my mind when I set out on the last few projects, that I really needed to feel confident that what I was doing would work. So, when you start hacking …

Toaster#2 Hacked

Here is my journey with a pattern which is a favourite for so many people. It turned out well, but not without a few issues. So, I liked the look of the slight funnel neck, and the fact that it is cut all in one piece. I liked the look of the relaxed body shape, …

Time to Look Forward

So, we're beginning a new year, continuing in much the same style as we ended the last one, LOCKDOWN! Which means that I feel differently this year about my sewing plans, to the way I have felt for the last ... ooh!..... five or six years. But I love planning - it's in my nature …

A quick look back

I know that it's the time to concentrate on 2021, but it's so long since my last blog (October) that I thought I would just do a quick review of what I've done since then. December was so busy - mainly with sewing - that I didn't get a chance to concentrate on blog writing. …

Full of Joy

The Joy Jacket has been on my wish list for a while. It was on my MakeNine for 2019, and didn't get done, so it was added again for MakeNine 2020. Well..... I've finally done it! Very pleased I am with myself too. It is a really good pattern, and didn't present many challenges - …

The Children’s Edition

It's been a long wait, but here are my experiences with some very popular patterns I sewed over the summer- the Pic N Mix Tee and Lightning leggings, both by Made by Jack's Mum, and the Geranium dress by Made by Rae. Then there is a dungaree pattern by Burda, and a sunhat which was …

I Dreamed of a Kalle

Yes, folks, the Kalle first came onto my dream list quite a while ago. It was on my Makenine for 2019, and then I included it again for 2020 (in connection with doing a FBA for the first time). So, lockdown was a perfect opportunity to actually tackle it. In a previous post I described …

Me Made May 2020 – the findings

My first MMMay was in 2017. I had, by then, been gradually adding some me-mades to my wardrobe after getting back into sewing in 2012. But it was limited, due to learning about new patterns and techniques, and my older body shape, as well as time restrictions because I was still working, and difficuties in …